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Latinos & Social Security Research ReportThis series presents in-depth research on the impact of Social Security policy on the growing number of Latino retirees. One of the reports is available in Spanish translation. Concise summaries of the reports are available in the Latinos & Social Security Policy Brief series. Latinos and Social Security is an ongoing project to study the impact of social security on the Latino population. It is a collaborative research project of the UCLA Center for Policy Research on Aging, the USC Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center , and the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, in partnership with the National Hispanic Council on Aging and the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO). Major support is provided by the Ford Foundation. |
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Who Are the Latino Baby Boomers? Examining the Demographic and Economic Characteristics of a Hidden PopulationLatinos & Social Security Research Report No. 3 July 2008 Zachary D. Gassoumis, Kathleen H. Wilber, and Fernando Torres-Gil Latinos comprise 10 percent of the baby boom generation as well as a steadily increasing proportion of the U.S. population, making Latino baby boomers an important bellwether of demographic and economic change. Despite their importance, little research has explored the impact that Latino boomers are likely to have on families and communities and the policies that affect them. This report assesses what is known and not known about this hidden population. Download Report in PDF
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Social Security Reform: How Various Reform Options Will Affect Latino RetireesLatinos & Social Security Research Report No. 2 June 2007 Patricia A. Halliwell, Zachary D. Gassoumis, and Kathleen H. Wilber Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California Social Security has substantially improved the economic well-being of millions of Americans, and Latinos are particularly reliant on the program. Unfortunately, the impending retirement of the baby boom generation threatens the long-term viability of Social Security and may weaken the protection that the program offers to elderly Latinos. A number of proposals for reform are currently being debated. This report describes and analyzes these proposals and examines the impact that they will have on Latino retirees as a whole. Download Report in PDF
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Impact of Social Security on theLatino CommunityLatinos & Social Security Research Report No. 1 May 2006 Authors: Patricia A. Halliwell and Kathleen H. Wilber University of Southern California Summary: As the population of the United States grows older and more diverse, the benefits provided by Social Security become increasingly consequential. Although any change to Social Security would affect all of America’s elders, it would have a particularly profound impact on Latinos because, as a group, they tend to have a high life expectancy rate as well as low lifetime earnings. Download Report in PDF |
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Spanish Translation El impacto del Seguro Socialen la comunidad latinaLatinos & Social Security Research Report No. 1 May 2006
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